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ArticleBMJ open2022

Intraurban socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy: a population-based cross-sectional analysis in the city of Córdoba, Argentina (2015-2018).

Santiago Rodríguez López, Natalia Tumas, Usama Bilal, Kari A Moore, Binod Acharya, Harrison Quick, D Alex Quistberg, Gabriel E Acevedo, Ana V Diez Roux

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Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.

Santiago Rodríguez LópezCentro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Córdoba, Argentina santiago.rodriguez@unc.edu.ar.ORCID 0000-0002-3539-3751
Natalia TumasCentro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Córdoba, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-4730-6624
Usama BilalUrban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9868-7773
Kari A MooreUrban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Binod AcharyaUrban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Harrison QuickUrban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
D Alex QuistbergUrban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9730-2686
Gabriel E AcevedoCátedra de Medicina Preventiva y Social, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Ana V Diez RouxUrban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Drexel University · USConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARUniversidad de Ciencias Medicas · CR

Funding

The Health Consequences of Urban ScalingDP5OD026429 · OD · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI BILAL, USAMA · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Built Environment, Pedestrian Injuries and Deep Learning (BEPIDL) StudyK01TW011782 · FIC · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI QUISTBERG, DUANE ALEXANDER · 2020 to 2024
$773k
FIC NIH HHS K01 TW011782NIH HHS DP5 OD026429Wellcome Trust 205177Wellcome Trust 205177/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate variability in life expectancy at birth in small areas, describe the spatial pattern of life expectancy, and examine associations between small-area socioeconomic characteristics and life expectancy in a mid-sized city of a middle-income country.

designCross-sectional, using data from death registries (2015-2018) and socioeconomic characteristics data from the 2010 national population census. PARTICIPANTS/

setting40 898 death records in 99 small areas of the city of Córdoba, Argentina. We summarised variability in life expectancy at birth by using the difference between the 90th and 10th percentile of the distribution of life expectancy across small areas (P90-P10 gap) and evaluated associations with small-area socioeconomic characteristics by calculating a Slope Index of Inequality in linear regression. PRIMARY OUTCOME: Life expectancy at birth.

resultsThe median life expectancy at birth was 80.3 years in women (P90-P10 gap=3.2 years) and 75.1 years in men (P90-P10 gap=4.6 years). We found higher life expectancies in the core and northwest parts of the city, especially among women. We found positive associations between life expectancy and better small-area socioeconomic characteristics, especially among men. Mean differences in life expectancy between the highest versus the lowest decile of area characteristics in men (women) were 3.03 (2.58), 3.52 (2.56) and 2.97 (2.31) years for % adults with high school education or above, % persons aged 15-17 attending school, and % households with water inside the dwelling, respectively. Lower values of % overcrowded households and unemployment rate were associated with longer life expectancy: mean differences comparing the lowest versus the highest decile were 3.03 and 2.73 in men and 2.57 and 2.34 years in women, respectively.

conclusionLife expectancy is substantially heterogeneous and patterned by socioeconomic characteristics in a mid-sized city of a middle-income country, suggesting that small-area inequities in life expectancy are not limited to large cities or high-income countries.

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Health Status DisparitiesLife ExpectancyAdultArgentinaCitiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleSocioeconomic Factorsepidemiologypublic healthsocial medicine

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PMID36691155
PMCPMC9442478
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